Comments on: A Future without Plastic?

By: agaist plastric

agaist plastric — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:43:15 +0000

i think that we should just ban plastic and use things like wood or light and heavy metal for frames and other things

By: Mike Crowl

Mike Crowl — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:30:33 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Meghan, which I’ve only just caught up with. To me the whole drinking water thing is a fad: I see young people everywhere carting plastic bottles of water around with them as though they were going to faint if they didn’t have water on hand. And most of them are within reach of good tap water. It’s just a marketing thing gone balllistic!

By: Meghan

Meghan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:32:14 +0000

My point exactly!! Thank you! I just don’t get it. I am actually in Iraq right now, and there are literally thousands of water bottles being thrown away DAILY. It is our only source of drinking water, so I understand the need, but I don’t understand why these water bottles cannot be recycled. We also use all plastic eating utensils, and plates, that are also used only once then sent to the landfill. Why are Americans such present-thinkers? We are setting ourselves up for failure in the future.

By: Mike Crowl

Mike Crowl — Sun, 04 May 2008 06:42:09 +0000

Sounds like a good idea. I think plastic won’t be the only thing to go, however.

By: jay king

jay king — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:46:31 +0000

Good article. It would be helpful to hear others ideas on daily living without plastic. I’ve found it helpful to imagine that it is 70 or 80 years ago, and buying or using only items that would have existed or been easily recognized then.